According to Deadline, work began on a biographical ribbon about the singer Whitney Houston. Her family appealed to write the script of the paintings to Anthony McCarten, known for Bayopic "Bohemian Rhapsodia", "The Universe of Stephen Hawking" and "Dark Times". The film will be called I Wanna Dance With Somebody - by the name of the famous song Houston 1987.
For the role of the director, Stella Magi ("Whole this world", "Photography"), but negotiations with it are not finished yet. No assumptions who can play a major role in the picture is not yet.
Shot in the main role in such a film is a serious application for Oscar. All the last films on the scenarios of Anthony McCarten were noticed by the Film Academy. "Bohemian Rhapsody" received four Oscars, "Dark Times" - two, "The Universe of Stephen Hawking" - one. And three years in a row, a statuette for the best male role was led to actors who were removed in films to which McCarten put.
The film producers say what result they want to get:
The joyful, emotional and heartbreaking story of the singer's path from obscurity to the status of a superstar. Honest story about the price of star. A complex saga on the flour search for the perfect combination of a song, singers and the public. And at the same time touching story about a simple girl from Jersey, looking for the road home.